Some of you followed my thread about my sick babies. Milton didnt make it and Mahoney got better. At least for a month or so, he was active and eating like crazy. In the last Couple days he's taken a turn for the worse. Tho his shell never began to harden again it's even softer now and he's once again off food and inactive completely. He used to at least make an effort to retreat to his hide but now when I return from work he'll be in the same spot where I left him. His hind legs are completely white except for the foot and very pale around the eyes on back of the neck. Also a little brown around his belly button. Read countless threads on shell rot and guessing he's got some form of this but not much dealing with hatchlings. He's still only about 2 1/2 inches and extremely fragile so a few more questions. Is newspaper ok for dry docking or what should I use? Should I still be giving him his soaks or keeping him completely dry? I will post pics of his hind legs as soon as I figure out how again. Any help is much appreciated.
What's wrong with Mahoney now?
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Sounds to me like a vet visit ASAP is in order. I would use paper towel instead of newspaper, just would be my preference. Be sure to keep him about 5 degrees warmer then normal. Hopefully others will have more advice. Good luck, fingers crossed all turns out well.
How were they raised/kept right after they hatched? If they were kept dry then it might have caused internal damage and he might not get better :/ did the other tort have the same symptoms? Soft shell, not eating, lethargic? Often times when torts become dehydrated as hatchlings it damages the kidney and liver. They may be sold, and act completely healthy the first couple weeks or months, but then all the sudden they go downhill because of the prior damage. I'm super sorry I hope he pulls through. But sometimes you can spend all the money in the world on vets and meds and nothing can be done to save them. :/
Sadly Mahoney just passed :'( Yeah read all about the hatchling failure syndrome (or beef jerky syndrome) when they first started showing symptoms months ago. I'm certain that's what is was and i know they seldom recover but he was doing so good for so long and I guess I got my hopes up. Breeder hasn't responded to any of my several emails since just after shipping. Another sad day.
I'm really sorry to hear that. My Echo passed away from it as well 
So sorry ;(
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I'm sorry for your loss.
At least there may be some comfort in knowing what went wrong. Many people never figure it out. You need to tell the breeder.
At least there may be some comfort in knowing what went wrong. Many people never figure it out. You need to tell the breeder.
Call him by phone
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